How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom View

[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] “Learning” is defined and constructed in classrooms as teachers and students interact through the use of language. As such, “learning” is situated language practices. Theories of socially- constructed uses of language and interactions pr...

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Main Author: Allison Wynhoff Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2019-01-01
Series:Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia
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Online Access:http://www.journals.vu.lt/acta-paedagogica-vilnensia/article/view/12374
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description [full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] “Learning” is defined and constructed in classrooms as teachers and students interact through the use of language. As such, “learning” is situated language practices. Theories of socially- constructed uses of language and interactions provide foundation for this work. Through a microethnographic discourse analysis, the findings show a teacher and students constructing shared cultural models of “learning,” holding each other accountable to particular academic and pedagogical practices as well as uses of academic language. The teacher employed linguistic strategies to make visible and engage students in the academic language and “thinking” practices that counted as “learning.”
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spelling doaj.art-c269899c72704e78a57f96f1cf2c6a152022-12-21T23:37:49ZengVilnius University PressActa Paedagogica Vilnensia1392-50161648-665X2019-01-014110.15388/ActPaed.41.12374How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom ViewAllison Wynhoff Olsen0Montana State University[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] “Learning” is defined and constructed in classrooms as teachers and students interact through the use of language. As such, “learning” is situated language practices. Theories of socially- constructed uses of language and interactions provide foundation for this work. Through a microethnographic discourse analysis, the findings show a teacher and students constructing shared cultural models of “learning,” holding each other accountable to particular academic and pedagogical practices as well as uses of academic language. The teacher employed linguistic strategies to make visible and engage students in the academic language and “thinking” practices that counted as “learning.”http://www.journals.vu.lt/acta-paedagogica-vilnensia/article/view/12374discourse analysismicroethnographyclassroom discourselearning as social processargumentative writing
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How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom View
Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia
discourse analysis
microethnography
classroom discourse
learning as social process
argumentative writing
title How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom View
title_full How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom View
title_fullStr How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom View
title_full_unstemmed How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom View
title_short How Language Defines “Learning”: A Classroom View
title_sort how language defines learning a classroom view
topic discourse analysis
microethnography
classroom discourse
learning as social process
argumentative writing
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